21st Asia Pacific Nanotechnology Congress

Nano Robotics

Nano robotics is the technology of making machines or robots at or close to the scale of a nanometer (10-9 meters).Nano robots (nanobots or nanoids) are typically devices ranging in size from 0.1-10 micrometers. As no artificial non-biological Nano robots have so far been created, they remain a theoretical concept at this time. Following this definition even a large apparatus such as an atomic force microscope can be considered a Nano robotic instrument when configured to perform nanomanipulation.Also, micro robots which can move with Nano scale precision can also be considered Nano robots. These machines are largely used in the research and development segment but some primitive molecular machines and Nano motors have been tested. These can then be linked by chemical or physical means to form subassemblies, which in turn can be further manipulated. Applications in building wires, single-electron transistors, and Nano waveguides are presented.